Frank Tillmann
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Research Subjects
Frank Tillmann has a total of 4 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Birgit Reißig
German Youth Institute
2 shared publications - Akihiko Higuchi
Hosei University
1 shared publication Karen Hemming
Educational monitoring, City of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
1 shared publication- Stefan Fehser
Deutsches Jugendinstitut, Germany
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- 17 October 2025
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 177-198
A Peripheral Aspect of the Welfare System? Comparative Analysis of Social Security for Young People
- 17 October 2025
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 177-198
A Peripheral Aspect of the Welfare System? Comparative Analysis of Social Security for Young People
- 17 October 2025
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 69-94
Prolonged Transitions into Adulthood in Germany
- Open Access
- 17 March 2025
- Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung
- Vol. 15 (1) , 33-49
Family support resources at the transition—vocational orientation and paths of young people after non-grammar school education programmes before and during the corona pandemic in Germany
The transition to vocational education and training is an important biographical milestone and at the same time a central developmental task of adolescence that is not always successfully mastered. Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and with low levels of education are more likely to take problematic transition paths—partly because they have less supportive capital from their families. This article examines the connection between the quality of relationships in the family and vocational goal orientation at the end of secondary level 1 as well as post-school transition paths in the pandemic. Cultural and economic capital are also taken into account on the basis of capital theory. The analyses are based on a quantitative longitudinal survey of young people in non-grammar school education in Germany during the pandemic. While social capital in the family has some strong supportive effects on vocational goal orientation, especially for realisability and self-efficacy expectations, there are no direct effects of social capital on the transition path during the pandemic. However, indirect effects can be assumed, as the vocational goal orientation at the end of school positively influences the transition pathways afterwards. The results emphasise the role of the family as social capital for the development of career prospects on the one hand and the importance of career goal orientation for safe and continuous transition paths during the pandemic on the other.
- 17 March 2025
- Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung
- Vol. 15 (1) , 33-49
Open AccessFamily support resources at the transition—vocational orientation and paths of young people after non-grammar school education programmes before and during the corona pandemic in Germany
The transition to vocational education and training is an important biographical milestone and at the same time a central developmental task of adolescence that is not always successfully mastered. Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and with low levels of education are more likely to take problematic transition paths—partly because they have less supportive capital from their families. This article examines the connection between the quality of relationships in the family and vocational goal orientation at the end of secondary level 1 as well as post-school transition paths in the pandemic. Cultural and economic capital are also taken into account on the basis of capital theory. The analyses are based on a quantitative longitudinal survey of young people in non-grammar school education in Germany during the pandemic. While social capital in the family has some strong supportive effects on vocational goal orientation, especially for realisability and self-efficacy expectations, there are no direct effects of social capital on the transition path during the pandemic. However, indirect effects can be assumed, as the vocational goal orientation at the end of school positively influences the transition pathways afterwards. The results emphasise the role of the family as social capital for the development of career prospects on the one hand and the importance of career goal orientation for safe and continuous transition paths during the pandemic on the other.